After the sensational chart success of the last studio album “No-Tell Hotel” with position 3 at the official Swiss album charts, BLACK DIAMONDS are back! The brand new single AFTER THE RAIN, which we released today, is a song about heartbreak and finding new love. About never giving up, never surrender. A one step back, two steps ahead story. Not all bad things are bad after all!
AFTER THE RAIN is taken from the upcoming album DESTINATION PARADISE which will be released as CD, vinyl and digital on May 31st, 2024. It’s a very varied album that still contains the typical band trademarks, namely a crazy mix of catchy melodies, Hard Rock and eye liner!
Freiburg, Germany -based Death Metal act INNER SANCTUM has unleashed its highly anticipated new album “The Great Odd Ones”. To commemorate the release of their new record, the band has unveiled an intense music video for their latest single, “Juggernautic”. Watch the video below.
INNER SANCTUM about the track and video: “Juggernautic, another Death Metal attack full of steamrolling guitars, a captivating chorus, and an epic hymn-like outro, gets its own music video! It depicts the story of the olden days when the hierarchy of gods was not yet settled. Juggernautic, a false god mockingly referred to by the other gods as the intertidal, tries to claim the throne as the one true God.“
Since their formation in 2004, INNER SANCTUM has been forging a unique path in the Death Metal scene. Combining dynamic death riffs with heavy and heroic parts, the band has created a characteristic and individual sound and with three independently released full-length albums to date and two decades of live experience, INNER SANCTUM has established themselves as a force to be reckoned with.
The band’s brand new concept album “The Great Odd Ones” delves into the eerie realm of sea gods known as “The Great Odd Ones”, weaving a narrative that explores their terrifying influence on our world. Musically it pushes the boundaries of the band’s sound, taking a turn towards a more death metal and heavy focus while skillfully retaining the distinctive roots that define their music. Drawing inspiration from non-related personal experiences encountered by the band members and delving into the realms of Lovecraftian horror fiction, this album immerses listeners in a nautical, dark, and cryptic theme.
The album was mixed and mastered by Christoph Brandes at the renowned Iguana Studios and self-released by INNER SANCTUM. “The Great Odd Ones” is available for purchase at THIS LOCATION
Tracklist:
Era of the Idols
Abgott Death Kult
Juggernautic
Nautopsy
Mesurol
Thalassophobia
Godfisher
Battlements of Abomination
Those Who Never Sleep
Inner Sanctum are: Nikolai “Kolai” Kahle (Vocals) Christian “Farms” Brand (Guitar) Eric “Yoric” Tobian (Guitar) Johannes “Joe” Ambs (Bass) Julian “Jay” Kleber (Drums)
Much-loved UK modern metal quartet Skarlett Riot return with their third brand new single, ‘Lullaby’, along side a music video for the single, taken from the band’s upcoming NEW album (due 2024).
The band had this to say about their third single:
“Lullaby expresses the emotions we go through at some point in our lives when we experience the loss of a loved one. We hope you can connect with this track as much as we did when writing it and I hope it brings a smile or two and warmth when you hear the lyrics. Writing these lyrics definitely brought some pretty personal memories back and it helped me to relive those precious moments again through song writing.”
Listen to the single on all major streaming services, here
Skarlett Riot is a force to be reckoned with, because of their powerful, riff-led songs blending melody and grit with a muscular backbone. Add to that an ear for infectious hooks, a singer blessed with a huge voice, and you have a band that not only has bags of attitude but the songs to back them up! Having wowed audiences at Download Festival, earning a 4KKKK live review from KERRANG!, Leeds and Reading Festival, Metal Female Voices Festival, Bloodstock, Hard Rock Hell, Camden Rocks, Steelhouse, Takedown, Giants Of Rock, S.O.S and a host of other festivals, Skarlett Riot have also shared stages with the likes of Funeral For A Friend, Butcher Babies, Deaf Havana, The Darkness, Wednesday 13, Heaven’s Basement, Kamelot, Gus G, Devilskin, Hammerfall, Glamour Of The Kill, Leaves’ Eyes, Symo Cyco, Black Spiders, plus many more.
SKARLETT RIOT ON TOUR WITH ESOTERICA
11th April Birmingham Asylum 12th April Manchester Rebellion 13th April Glasgow Cathouse Takedown Festival – Portsmouth 14th April 16th April Bristol The Fleece 17th April Southampton Engine Rooms 18th April Nottingham Rescue Rooms 20th April London Islington Academy
SKARLETT RIOT OTHER TOUR DATES
Teddy Rocks festival – Dorset 4th May Mangata Festival – Nottingham 13th July
Lineup: Skarlett – Lead Vocals/Guitars Danny – Guitars/Backing Vocals Tim – Bass/Backing Vocals Luke – Drums
Artistic boundary-stretching and banging long-line punk-metal band FM2000 has released their eighth full-length album “Happohotelli”. The album features a completely new FM2000 soundtrack. The band’s characteristic heavy-punk-klezmer has been taken to an experimental, electronic soundscape that drawing inspiration from the world of retro gaming.
The lyrics move between everyday malaise and weekend celebrations. The album was produced by Tuomas Kokko (e.g. Timo Rautiainen & Trio Niskalaukaus, Swallow The Sun, Ghost Brigade) and mastered by Svante Forsbäck (e.g. Rammstein, Volbeat, Michael Monroe)
“Kruunu” is the third and last single of the upcoming album of UNBORN GENERATION. The gloomy composition carries the story all the way from the beginning to the end of the song without giving any hope along the way. The song tells the story of how the crown is too big and heavy for a despot to carry. The false image of a better tomorrow created with the help of power and violence begins to crack, and the people rise to the barricades. Power must change, even if by violence.
Unborn Generation – ”…and All We Forget” tracklisting
Kivun kuilu
Rattus
Kruunu
Puppets
Burst
Heritage
Swamp
Consunation
Juuret
Cycle
Unborn Generation’s 7th album titled “…and All We Forget” will be released April 12th
Unborn Generation has been blasting their dirty grindcrust since 2002. Their intense sound can be described as fight-or-flight response inducing, yet at the same time tingling the backsides of melancholics with northern melodies.
The Finnish trio consists of Herkko Huttunen (vocals/guitar), Eetu Huttunen (drums) and Arto Kettunen (bass). They have released six albums, five of them including the output of previous vocalist Juho-Pekka Airaksinen.
UK/ FR crossover aggressors Cage Fight have released a video for ‘My Dreams’, a single version of the emotive track taken from the band’s self-titled debut album, out now via Candlelight Records.
On the track, guitarist James Monteith commented: “The original version of ‘My Dreams’ is a slow building, almost proggy track that closes our debut album and it was never intended as a single. However, it’s been a big hit live so we reworked it into a snappy more immediate song, and we felt it worked so well it was worth releasing to the world. It also serves as a nice transition to our new music which has taken a darker turn.”
Vocalist Rachel Aspe commented on the video: “Filmed at BTS Audiovisuel – Lycée Suge in Paris, director Alex Stark (who is also the guitarist in our good friends Gravity) captured the misery and struggle of the song perfectly. It visually represents feelings of isolation and when fighting forward, internal battles, and understanding meaning and purpose. Persevering in the face of life’s challenges and defeating internal demons.”
Directed by Alexandre Stark, check out the video here:
The single is released ahead of a number of festival appearances in 2024, as well as the band’s first club show in Belgium.
Currently announced dates:
27 Mar: NO Inferno Fest 06 Jun: PL Mystic Festival 20 Jun: BE Fontaine-l’Évêque, MCP Apache (headline) 21-23 Jun: – DE Full Force 28 Jun: UK Funeral Fest (headline)
On new material, James concludes: “Our second album is about 70% written and we’re very excited to get in the studio to record it later this year. We wrote the first album in 6 months of knowing each other and it was born from pure chemstry, but now we’ve had a few years to really discover our sound, which is deeper, darker and more agressive. We can’t wait to unleash it on the world!”
Cage Fight, whose line-up includes TesseracT guitarist James Monteith and former Eths vocalist Rachel Aspe, will hit the studio this summer to record their second album.
Since forming in 2021 Cage Fight‘s visceral brutality made a huge impact on the metal world with the release of their highly acclaimed self-titled debut album, tours with Sepultura, Raging Speedhorn,Cro-Mags & Nekrogoblikon and appearing at many festivals including Bloodstock, 2000 Trees, Radar and Summer Breeze.
More news to be announced very soon.
Cage Fight are: Rachel Aspe – vocals James Monteith – guitar Will Horsman – bass Nick Plews – drums
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Kimmo Kuusniemi’s SARCOFAGUS return with a Historic 2010 Concert Video Premiere on YouTube! Click image to watch the video
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